When the thieves spotted her, they jumped in their car and tried to get away, she said.

"I was mad," she said.

She said she didn't want them to get away, especially with her husband's laptop computer that is owned by the trucking company where he works.

"I put it in gear like this and went nose-to-nose with him like that, and he couldn't go anywhere but this direction," she said, pointing toward her neighbor's house. "Blocked them in. I didn't know what else to do."

They got away by driving through the neighbor's yard, she said. She didn't give up so easily.

"So then I slam it in reverse and go this way and try to T-bone him in right here," she said.

She started honking at the men.

"Don't do that," the 911 operator advised.

"OK, OK, OK," Ellis said.

The burglars' car struck her SUV, but only scratched the front bumper.